Obama Hopes To Alter Electoral Map

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 10/06/2008 - 5:00am

Barack Obama's Democratic presidential campaign is threatening to alter the electoral map that decides the White House.

Virginia has been a traditionally red state, but Obama has been working hard to make it a blue state. NPR's Mara Liasson talks with Steve Inskeep about what other states may be turning colors in the upcoming presidential election.

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